DS1 is getting a remastered version in may so it is probably a great time to start. the thing about the game is: it is hard, but is not fuck you hard; is more like you have to keep learning/improving or it will be REALLY hard.

its also very hit or miss, i tried the first one and in something like the first our i already had decided i was going to finish the 3 games.

im a big fan of the games so im biased here but just check it out, it cant hurt right?

That's Solaire, a knight of the Warriors of Sunlight. He's earned himself a place in the heart of every Dark Souls player thanks to his dialogue and gestures. I see here he is engaging in some jolly co-operation! Praise the sun!

I saw the memes, but I never really appreciated him until I played the game and met him for the first time. In a world full of darkness and evil, you can really feel his love for the sun, and what it represents, in your chest.

Finding it in Metal Gear Solid V was amazing. Just hearing it in the distance, I had to drop the entire mission just to go find out where it was.

If anyone has never played: In MGSV You can make a collection of songs by finding them playing on Cassettes while out on missions in the open world. Once you've found the songs you can play them at any time while out on missions.

I just showed my mom who was curious why I was cracking up and has not played a modern game other than Super Mario Odyssey. She busted up laughing the first few seconds and when it got to the bird I thought she was gonna die from laughter.

I can see it. My roommate once threw a controller directly into a window. Luckily, windows are tougher than they get credit for so it just bounced back and hit him in the face. That sure calmed him down... I'm surprised he didn't just smash his xbox.

I got to hear (via xbox live) a friend put his controller though the wall at 4 in the morning after getting killed 3 times by a single airstrike in CoD 4. I haven't heard anyone rage as hard as he did that night, but I've been hoping to see someone smash their switch because of dark souls, don't think I will be that lucky though.

Y'know, for years people been tellin me bout this damn game. How well made it was. How deep it got. How difficult, but consistent it was. Not only people I know and whose opinions I trust, but strangers on the internet as well. I've always been on the fence about trying it out.
I think whoever made this silly gif just knocked me off the fence and now I have to play this damn game.
Thank you sir/madam.

I torrented and hated DS2 because I couldn't get past the first boss (I didn't git gud). Then a year later DS3 came out and I torrented that one because why not. I now I own all 3+all DLCs, 300+ hours on steam in DS3 alone and I'm considering on buying a PS4 solely for Bloodborn.

What I was trying to say (very badly) is that don't let the first few hours of the game deter you. Expect to die a lot, and especially fall off the map a lot. And try different strategies when ever your stuck.

And please for the love of god, don't forget to use a shield to block if you have one equipped. Don't pull a me.

I’ve never played a Dark Souls game. They’re really just not my cup of tea. But, this gif (and video) crack me up so I watch it no matter how many times it gets reposted. It’s Ministry of Funny Walks level funny.

The thing about Souls games, is they have a rep for being hard, but it's not really true. What they are is obtuse. As a new player, you get your ass handed to you mainly because nobody in-game tells you how important it is to upgrade your weapons (and armor in the older games). When you're killing tough enemies in three hits instead of 12, the game stops being nintendo-hard and becomes more like grimdark Zelda

Learn to dodge and you can beat the game with no armor. Don't learn to dodge and you can't beat the game even with armor. Straight up, #1 skill, and the game becomes a cakewalk. You're not armoring your way through Sif or The Witch of Izalith.

Learn to parry and it's even easier. Last boss in Dark Souls 1 gives a lot of people grief... but you can parry him. And that makes him the easiest boss in the game. All you have to do is practice parries earlier on.

For me, the games only got easier once I stopped using a shield (other than for parrying if I felt like doing that). It forced me to learn how to dodge everything, and I no longer had the stamina drain from enemies hitting my shield.

Probably a better idea to start with Bloodborne. I could only really get past anything after learning the mechanics better through Bloodborne and its aggressive gameplay.
That said it’s not necessary to do so and you might be able to enjoy it on its own.
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My Xbox was old a screwy when I played DS so I thought it was just my console that caused that problem. A year after I quit playing I found out it was the game and laughed depressedly at my constant attempts at clearing the cache, resetting the console, setting up a dry ice cooling system to keep my console from overheating.

See, after playing Modern Warfare Remastered and noticing (in my opinion) that the game balance hadn't held up so well over the years, I could absolutely appreciate some gameplay tweaks where necessary. Maybe even have a "Legacy Mode" with no new patches for the aforementioned purists.